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Changing GTA Resale Housing Market Reflects Economic Times4 v. c$ L! ~' x% X& t
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TORONTO, October 17, 2008 - Activity in the Greater Toronto Area resale housing market7 H+ O t$ F4 @! R# }+ ]/ x
moderated considerably during the first half of October with 2,700 homes changing hands,$ G/ z7 S) f2 |/ I
Toronto Real Estate Board President Maureen O’Neill announced today.
* P" C R+ S2 I2 G% T# K8 aSales volumes in the GTA decreased 18 per cent compared to the first half of October 2007,
4 J( S3 G0 Z D- V6 I% Cwhen 3,297 transactions were recorded and are down 10 per cent compared to the same period
, l, _) m$ A: c+ Kin 2006 when 3,007 sales took place.
' I ~6 t/ B$ ?; e: sIn the City of Toronto 1,140 sales took place in the first half of this month. This represents a 21
2 Z0 t5 L# u \/ p9 T9 [per cent decline from the 1,446 sales that took place in the same period a year ago and a 13 per' ` o! T; B9 T- x; `% R
cent decrease from the 1,312 transactions recorded in the first half of October 2006.
' v3 s7 J0 S: a TIn the 905 Region there were 1,560 sales in the first two weeks of this month, a 16 per cent( x+ S: D j& U) J# l0 X6 ~
decrease from the 1,851 transactions that took place during the same timeframe in 2007 and! g# i5 ~6 h; H
down eight per cent from the 1,695 homes sold during the first half of October 2006.8 V) s' M+ f5 m; w) F! L
House prices declined throughout the GTA during the first half of the month. The average price% K* w1 d) Q8 w/ T/ v
of a GTA home is currently $353,772, down 11 per cent from $399,013 recorded the comparable) \7 [5 t; e; O, f1 t: w8 k, |
period in 2007., {( T# @# Y/ d* y. _2 _
In the City of Toronto the current average price $375,804, a 15 per cent decrease from the2 f2 Z& l. }1 Y2 e+ e9 B
$441,878 average recorded at mid-October 2007., I1 b1 m# d [: Y R8 h( _6 S
In the 905 Region the average price of a home is currently $337,671. This represents an eight& l* T, g& a- |( K) t
per cent decline from the $365,527 average recorded during the first half of October 2007.
# v0 W K3 M% q* A' K5 o; z" uWith 27,559 properties currently listed on the TorontoMLS system, there is now 30 per cent
- s" E3 J7 ?, {- f* @more available stock from which to choose as compared to a year ago when 21,182 homes were8 W; R/ F6 o+ Z: V
listed.
8 l* x$ Y' ]; M t- x“More choice can mean slightly longer wait times for sellers whose homes are now on average,
& Q$ m8 s4 x" C! L9 H/ @selling after 34 days on the market as compared to 29 days a year ago,” said Ms. O’Neill. “The
: c( C: v* \6 G& f; G1 w% klist to sales ratio is 97 per cent of the list price.” |
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